I'd been hanging out over at my friends Glenn's house since after the Saturday night gaming session. I took my desktop computer with me. I sometimes do that. He catches me up on programs like Top Gear and
Mythbusters that I've missed. And sometimes we LAN game or play online
games like DDO or WoW or City of Heroes.
We went back to my house on late Sunday night to pick up a piece of
equipment that I'd left behind (a video monitor adapter). Everything was
fine then.
I got a call from Dad Tuesday evening, when he said he wasn't feeling well. He was having trouble forming sentences, though his actual speech was fine. His girlfriend Sharon was there and said she'd keep an eye on him until I got there. I left my stuff at Glenns and headed straight there to my dad's place. Well he'd taken some extra blood thinner and was feeling (and acting) much better. I spent
the night just to keep an eye on him. Then I went straight back to Glenn's where I had left my computer.
(I actually carry my desk top with me.)
I am very glad I did.
We caught up on Top Gear and the new Mythbusters and I had just logged into City of Heroes when Glenn's
cable and internet cut out. Well I was going to leave
that night or early Thursday anyway. So I packed up all my gear and headed home, where
I would have net connection.
When I got home and opened the door, I discovered that my house had been
broken into.
The bastards broke a window in the back near the carport where the
little fenced in yard is. Got in that way.
They "turned" my whole house.
The entire place is trashed.
I couldn't even tell what they might have taken at first, it was so bad.
After looking around in utter shock for several minutes and clearing a
path through the rubble, I figured out a few things.
They didn't take any of the TVs. Course they were all of the older type
and pretty worthless these days. (I don't watch TV at my house currently.)
They took a stereo system from my front room. I wasn't too upset about
that. I hardly ever listened to the thing and the CD changer broke a
while back.
They obviously saw the my old computer (that doesn't work) and a monitor
that I had sitting in the living room (that also doesn't work) and had
plugged them in. I guess when they couldn't get anything out of them
they just left them.
They took my PS2 and all my DVDs and games.
They took a couple of "Milk Lug" crates that I used as "shelving" with
the books in them. WHY? I don't know. Why would they take THOSE and not
the CDS? Sitting right next to them?
I'm actually more upset about that then about the other stuff which can be replaced. There were some old Animags and Fanzines from the 80s in there. History that I'll never get back. Bastards don't even know the worth. They probably just grabbed them to stuff the PS2 and DVDs into.
They opened or pried open everything. Including the water heater closet
and prying open an access panel to my plumbing.
Thankfully they seem to have left my art alone. As well as the vast
majority of my books and magazines and manga. But I'm not sure of the
damage at this point from being tossed all around. The art was in
binders and a thick folder with bubble wrap. So it looks ok. At first
glance my old vinyl LPs seem to be ok. I'll have to check more closely
when I start cleaning the place up.
And they took the key out of the lock of my front door when they left.
I'll have to have the locks changed and the window pane replaced.
There's no point I guess in calling the police at this point. What am I
going to tell them? Sometime between Sunday and Wednesday my house got
robbed? Yeah. That'll set them on the trail fast, you betcha.
I still have to clear a space off my bed to sleep later. A lot of stuff was dumped onto it. I don't even
know if I CAN sleep. I'm so tired right now, but I'm wired as well. I
feel rather sick to my stomach from stress.
I'm so goddamned tired.
Mythbusters that I've missed. And sometimes we LAN game or play online
games like DDO or WoW or City of Heroes.
We went back to my house on late Sunday night to pick up a piece of
equipment that I'd left behind (a video monitor adapter). Everything was
fine then.
I got a call from Dad Tuesday evening, when he said he wasn't feeling well. He was having trouble forming sentences, though his actual speech was fine. His girlfriend Sharon was there and said she'd keep an eye on him until I got there. I left my stuff at Glenns and headed straight there to my dad's place. Well he'd taken some extra blood thinner and was feeling (and acting) much better. I spent
the night just to keep an eye on him. Then I went straight back to Glenn's where I had left my computer.
(I actually carry my desk top with me.)
I am very glad I did.
We caught up on Top Gear and the new Mythbusters and I had just logged into City of Heroes when Glenn's
cable and internet cut out. Well I was going to leave
that night or early Thursday anyway. So I packed up all my gear and headed home, where
I would have net connection.
When I got home and opened the door, I discovered that my house had been
broken into.
The bastards broke a window in the back near the carport where the
little fenced in yard is. Got in that way.
They "turned" my whole house.
The entire place is trashed.
I couldn't even tell what they might have taken at first, it was so bad.
After looking around in utter shock for several minutes and clearing a
path through the rubble, I figured out a few things.
They didn't take any of the TVs. Course they were all of the older type
and pretty worthless these days. (I don't watch TV at my house currently.)
They took a stereo system from my front room. I wasn't too upset about
that. I hardly ever listened to the thing and the CD changer broke a
while back.
They obviously saw the my old computer (that doesn't work) and a monitor
that I had sitting in the living room (that also doesn't work) and had
plugged them in. I guess when they couldn't get anything out of them
they just left them.
They took my PS2 and all my DVDs and games.
They took a couple of "Milk Lug" crates that I used as "shelving" with
the books in them. WHY? I don't know. Why would they take THOSE and not
the CDS? Sitting right next to them?
I'm actually more upset about that then about the other stuff which can be replaced. There were some old Animags and Fanzines from the 80s in there. History that I'll never get back. Bastards don't even know the worth. They probably just grabbed them to stuff the PS2 and DVDs into.
They opened or pried open everything. Including the water heater closet
and prying open an access panel to my plumbing.
Thankfully they seem to have left my art alone. As well as the vast
majority of my books and magazines and manga. But I'm not sure of the
damage at this point from being tossed all around. The art was in
binders and a thick folder with bubble wrap. So it looks ok. At first
glance my old vinyl LPs seem to be ok. I'll have to check more closely
when I start cleaning the place up.
And they took the key out of the lock of my front door when they left.
I'll have to have the locks changed and the window pane replaced.
There's no point I guess in calling the police at this point. What am I
going to tell them? Sometime between Sunday and Wednesday my house got
robbed? Yeah. That'll set them on the trail fast, you betcha.
I still have to clear a space off my bed to sleep later. A lot of stuff was dumped onto it. I don't even
know if I CAN sleep. I'm so tired right now, but I'm wired as well. I
feel rather sick to my stomach from stress.
I'm so goddamned tired.